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Mathé Többen

I'm doing the marketing and music programme for Explore the North. A festival, production house and venue based in Leeuwarden (NL). In recent years I've been working for a.o. Berliner Festspiele, Le Guess Who? and Grand Theatre Groningen.

Books

I've been reading the books below :

2024:

Kopzorg by Edgar Cairo
Weken Maanden Jaren by Sara Baume
Zo hoog de zon stond by Simone Atangana Bekono
Shy by Max Porter
Oersoep by Bregje Hofstede
De Vegetariër by Han Kang
In het Oog by Marijke Schermer
kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck
Man Maakt Stuk by Maurits De Bruijn
Lessen by Ian McEwan
Detransition Baby by Torrey Peters
Een kern van waarheid by Peter Buurman
Fascisme by Daniel Knegt
Hoe herken je een fascist by Umberto Eco
De herkomst van Anderen by Toni Morisson
Feminisme is voor iedereen by bell hooks
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
All about love by bell hooks
De Saamhorigheidsgroep by Merijn de Boer (reread)
Beautiful World, Where Are You? by Sally Rooney
De Tweede Plaats by Rachel Cusk
Het geluid van een lichaam by Brenda Navarro
Onsterfelijkheid by Milan Kundera
Onder een andere Hemel by Joke J. Hermsen
Liefde en Revolutie by Lotte Spreeuwenberg
The Nix by Nathan Hill
Verslaafd aan liefde by Jan Geurtz
Trots - de filosofie van een emotie by Martha Claeys
Things I Have Loved – A collection (sort of) by Sophia Hembeck
Dans Dans Revolutie by Lisa Weeda
Faith, hope and carnage by Nick Cave
How to stay sane by Philippa Perry
Letters to a young poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
Alone by Daniel Schreiber
The Ethical Slut by Janet W. Hardy and Dossie Easton
Bluets by Maggie Nelson
De Rode Stukken by Maggie Nelson


forgot to write things down for some years



2020:
Tirza by Arnon Grunberg
Schilf by Juli Zeh
Lolita by Nabokov
Winners Take All by Anand Giridharadas
Moeders Zondag by Graham Swift
De nacht in Lissabon by Erich Maria Remarque
Stadium IV by Sander Kollaard
Het tegenovergestelde van een mens by Lieke Marsman
Tiny Habits by B.J. Foggs
Red Europa! by Ulrike Guerot
Een beter milieu begint niet bij jezelf by Jaap Tielbeke
Over het water by Hans Maarten van den Brink
Unsere welt neu denken by Maja Göpel
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Vom Ende einer Geschichte by Julian Barnes
Boven is het stil by Gerbrand Bakker
Ein wenig Leben by Hanya Yanagihara
Alleen op de wereld by Hector Malot
Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen by J.K. Rowling
De Onbewoonbare Wereld by David Wallace-Wells
Susan Sontag: Her Life and Her Work by Benjamin Moser
Shockdoctrine by Naomi Klein
De meeste mensen deugen by Rutger Bregman
De Helaasheid der Dingen by Dimitri Verhulst
Grand Hotel Europa by Ilja Leonard Pfeiffer
Von Männern, die keine Frauen haben by Haruki Murakami
Wij, De Overlevenden by Tash Aw
Verloren Grond by Murat Isik
Das Café am Rande der Welt by John Streckely
Neujahr by Juli Zeh
Das Labyrinth Der Wörter by Marie-Sabine Roger
Wovon Ich Rede Wenn Ich Vom Laufen Rede by Haruki Murakami
Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari

2024

Not Waving, Romance - Infinite Light

For fans of William Basinski and GAS.

Maxime Denuc

A very memorable performance at the pipe organ in the Lutherse Kerk during Rewire 2024.

Cara Beth Satalino - Little Green

Had this album on repeat for some weeks in May 2024, very warm songs and recognizable lyrics.

2023

Slauson Malone

That's it.

2021 favourites

Teddy's Hit - Painters

7038634357 - Permanest

Yes, that is his artist name. Sounds like a digital imitation of tape loops, very warm sounds.

Chants - Poly Pointilism

I discovered this one right after I watched a documentary about Steve Reich. Couldn't be a better timing for this one.

HELIOCHRYSUM - Forbidden Structures

Mixed by Ben Frost, and there's actually no need to say that.

2020 favourites

Lyra Pramuk - Fountain

This is my favourite record of 2020. I saw her performance at CTM Festival in January.

The Homesick - The Big Exercise

LYL Radio

Definitely one of my most enjoyable sources for exploring new music.

Julianna Barwick

Kulor 006

Compilation by Danish Label. I especially like the trancey vibes and sounds in the tracks by Astrid Sonne and Splash Pattern.

Alva noto - Xerrox vol. 4

One of my favourite ambient composers released this fourth Volume as part of a longer cycle of albums released from 2007 on.

Aho Ssan - Simulacrum

For fans of Arca's 'Mutant' and Roly Porter.

Memories & projects

Told myself to have this section up-to-date last year already.

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